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Timequake

by Kurt Vonnegut
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Think of Timequake, Kurt Vonnegut's 19th and last novel (or so he says), as a victory lap. It's a confident final trot 'round the track by one of the greats of postwar American literature. After 40 years of practice, Vonnegut's got his schtick down cold, and it's a pleasure--if a slightly tame one--to watch him go through his paces one more time.
Timequake's a mongrel; it is half novel, half memoir, the project of a decade's worth of writer's block, a book "that didn't want to be written." The premise is standard-issue Vonnegut: "...a timequake, a sudden glitch in the space-time continuum, made everybody and everything do exactly what they'd done during past decades, for good or ill, a second time..." Simultaneously, the author's favorite tricks are on display--frequent visits with the shopworn science fiction writer Kilgore Trout, a Hitchcockian appearance by the author at the book's end, and frequent authorial opining on love, war, and society.

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  • aspicco

    aspicco says

    If you love all of Vonnegut and are familiar with a lot of his work, this book is a lot of fun. I would not start a newbie to Vonnegut with thi book though. If you are unfamiliar with his "ticks" and "quirks" you might find the book a little frustrating. But it is a fascinating cap to a long and wonderful heartfelt career. He has been gone since last year and I still miss him. I liked knowing he was in our world with us.

    posted Wednesday, January 16 2008

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